Marouane Fellaini facts for kids
Fellaini playing for Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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| Full name | Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 November 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Shandong Luneng | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Anderlecht | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Mons | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | R. Francs Borains | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Sporting Charleroi | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Standard Liège | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Standard Liège | 64 | (9) | ||||||||||||
| 2008–2013 | Everton | 141 | (25) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Manchester United | 119 | (12) | ||||||||||||
| 2019– | Shandong Luneng | 22 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Belgium U18 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | Belgium U19 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Belgium U21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2018 | Belgium | 87 | (18) | ||||||||||||
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Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui (born 22 November 1987) is a Belgian professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Chinese club Shandong Luneng Taishan.
Career
Fellaini played youth football for Anderlecht, R.A.E.C. Mons, Royal Francs Borains and Charleroi S.C. before joining Standard Liège. After winning the Belgian First Division and the Ebony Shoe as a Liège player, he moved to England to join Everton.
After five years at Everton, he moved to Manchester United in a deal worth £27.5 million in September 2013. He spent five years with Manchester United, winning four trophies. In February 2019, Fellaini joined Shandong Luneng.
Fellaini played for Belgium between 2007 and 2018. He played over 80 times for his country. He represented the team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Personal life
Fellaini was born in Etterbeek, Brussels to Moroccan parents. In March 2020, during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, he tested positive to COVID-19.
Honours
Club
Standard Liège
- Belgian First Division: 2007–08
Manchester United
- FA Cup: 2015–16
- EFL Cup: 2016–17
- FA Community Shield: 2016
- UEFA Europa League: 2016–17
International
Belgium
- FIFA World Cup third place: 2018
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Images for kids
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Fellaini warming up before a match against Fulham in 2009
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Fellaini during the 2015–16 season
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Fellaini with United in 2017
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Fellaini before an international friendly against the United States in 2013
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Fellaini with Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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